Gale Literature

A great place to start your search for literature criticism is Gale Literature. This database is one of the resources on Gale's database platform (which is named Gale).

Gale Literature consists of four databases:

1. Gale Literature Criticism

2. Gale Literature Resource Center

3. Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series

4. Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series

For more information about these databases, see the Gale Literature - What's Inside page.

The video below explains how to use Gale Literature. More videos, that explain how to use features of the Gale platform, are located on the Gale page in this Guide. When you're in a Gale database, you can find helpful information about using the database by clicking on the Help link at the bottom of the database page. 

Once you've searched for literature criticism in Gale Literature, try searching Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Research Library. For links to these databases and videos about using them, visit the Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Research Library pages in this Guide.